[Limited operation for lung cancer: wedge resection using stapling device].
We employed wedge resection using stapling device for peripheral, clinical stage I lung carcinoma in selected poor-risk patients. Out of 10 patients, four developed local recurrence and one had the second primary in the same lobe resected. Compared with patients having lobectomy with 91% of a recurrence free rate in three years, those who underwent wedge resection had the lower rate of 53%. We conclude that wedge resection using stapling device cannot be an acceptable procedure even for poor-risk patients.
Sakata
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Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Yoshida
I
I
Otani
Y
Y
Kamiyoshihara
M
M
Kawashima
O
O
Morishita
Y
Y
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013528:Surgical Staplers